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Levosimendan versus milrinone in neonates and infants after corrective open-heart surgery: a pilot study.
Evelyn Lechner
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Anna Hofer ,
Gabriele Leitner-Peneder ,
Roland Freynschlag ,
Rudolf Mair ,
Robert Weinzettel ,
Peter Rehak ,
Hans Gombotz
Sep 2012
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Abstract
Low cardiac output syndrome commonly complicates the postoperative course after open-heart surgery in children. To prevent low cardiac output syndrome, prophylactic administration of milrinone after cardiopulmonary bypass is commonly used in small children. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of prophylactically administered levosimendan and milrinone on cardiac index in neonates and infants after corrective open-heart surgery.